Casting News - March 5, 2014
ABC's Astronaut Wives Club; ABC Family's Melissa & Joey; CBS' Hawaii Five-0; El Rey's Matador; IFC's Garfunkel and Oates; Netflix's Untitled KZK Drama; and USA's Psych.
NETFLIX's UNTITLED KZK DRAMA
- Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz will co-star on the upcoming drama series opposite Kyle Chandler, Ben Mendelsohn, Linda Cardellini and Sissy Spacek. He will play Kevin Rayburn, the youngest brother of the family, an extroverted and charming owner of a boat repair yard who considers himself the "unofficial mayor" of this small coastal town.
CBS' HAWAII FIVE-0
- Mallika Sherawat will guest star on the May 2 episode of the Friday night procedural. She will play Farah, a woman from Catherine's (Michelle Borth) past whose son is kidnapped by the Taliban.
ABC's ASTRONAUT WIVES CLUB
- Azure Parsons (True Detective, Salem) will co-star opposite JoAnna Garcia Swisher on the upcoming summer drama. She will play Annie Glenn, the wife of astronaut John Glenn whom she's known since they were toddlers in Ohio.
ABC FAMILY's MELISSA & JOEY
- Former Dancing with the Stars co-star Brooke Burke-Charvet has lined up her next gig - with a guest role on the Melissa Joan Hart-Joey Lawrence comedy. She will play appear in two June episodes as Felicia, an ex-girlfriend of Joe's (Lawrence) who causes trouble between him and Mel (Hart).
USA's PSYCH
- Kevin Pereira (Attack of the Show, Let's Ask America) has been tapped to host the one-hour Psych After Show following the show's series finale on March 26.
IFC's GARFUNKEL AND OATES
- Fred Savage (Modern Family, Best Friends Forever) has signed on to direct and executive produce all eight episodes of the upcoming comedy series starring Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci.
EL REY's MATADOR
- Nicky Whelan (Chosen) and Neil Hopkins (Lost) have been cast on the upcoming summer drama starring Gabriel Luna. Whelan will play the female lead Annie Mason, Tony's (Luna) analytical and beautiful control agent who serves as the head of a very small and very secret undercover unit of the US government. Hopkins will play Noah, Annie's brilliant but awkward partner.
